International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the world’s largest humanitarian network, has appointed Dr. Fawzi Amin as the head of IFRC delegation. Dr. Fawzi is the first Bahraini and GCC national to hold this position since delegation’s establishment in the Jordanian capital Amman in 1980s, and currently located in Dubai since 2012.
Dr. Amin will take up his new duties upcoming October in his office at the delegation’s headquarters in Dubai. As head of delegation, Dr. Fawzi is responsible for coordination between the Red Crescent Societies in the GCC, increasing societies’ communication with the regional headquarters in Beirut, implement joint training programs, and organize cooperation to respond to Federation’s calls on disaster relief cases around the world.
In his new position, Dr. Amin will also work to strengthen the implementation of relief operations to assist disaster victims and carrying out development work to strengthen the capacities of National Societies members, where IFRS’s work focuses on four core areas: promoting human values, disaster response, disaster preparedness, and health and community care.
It is noteworthy that Dr. Fawzi Abdullah Amin joined the Bahrain Red Crescent Society in 1980, and served as chairman of the first aid committee for several years. Later, he was elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the Society, and in 2012 was elected Secretary General of the Society. With Society’s Board and Executive team’s support, he was able to promote the Bahrain Red Crescent march and represent Bahrain’s humanitarian work in various regional and international forums.
Dr. Amin’s efforts during this period focused particularly on the rehabilitation of Bahraini Red Crescent youth volunteers through their participation in various training programs and attendance at the meetings of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, in order to form a second row of young leaders who are able to assume various tasks in the society.
Founded in 1919, the IFRC comprises 190-member Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies, a secretariat in Geneva and more than 60 delegations strategically located to support activities around the world. This year the IFRC celebrated its 100th anniversary.